Tag holder



H. L] GLIDDEN TAG HOLDER May 24, 1932.

FiledMay 22, 1929 i HARVEY L. GLIDDEN, OF LEXINGTON, MAS MACHINERY CORPORATION, F PATERSO tion to another.

Patented May 24, 1932 UNITED STATI-:s PATENT QFFICE- .N

, JERSEY SAGHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 UNITED SHOE N, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OFYNEWI TAG- HOLDER Application lea May 22, 1929. serial No. 365,673.

This invention relates to tag holders and is herein illustrated as embodied in a shoe rack.

In shoe factories it is common practice to make use of racks provided with shoe-supporting members for holding shoes between operations performed upon the shoes and for carrying them from one place of opera- Shoes in process and, consequently, the racks upon which they are carried are routed through the factory in such manner that operations can be performed upon the shoes in a predetermined order. To assist in maintaining this order various types of work tags or tickets have been adopted. These tags, which are commonly eighteen `inches or more in length, bear at the top the information required by the operators properly to perform the vari-V ous operations upon the shoes. In addition, the tags usually contain a complete list of the operations to be performed upon the shoes from the time the lasts are picked until the shoes are treed. Such tags or tickets accompany each unit lot `of shoessix, twelve or twenty-four pairs as the case may be-and accompany the racks carrying the shoes.'` After an operator performs an operation upon a lot of shoes he cuts from the tag that portion thereof which bears the indicia of the operation which he has performed. The portion referred to constitutes a check upon or evidence of the fact that the operator has performed the required operation and forms-the basis upon which the opera'tors pay is determined.

It has heretofore been common practice to attach such tags to shoe racks by placing them Y upon nails, or hooks, or other holding devices set in the frames o-f the racks. In this connection considerable difliculty has been experienced because of the fact that the tags are handled by a number of persons, frequently as many` as forty, before the shoes are finished, with the result that repeated handling of the tags very often renders them torn or otherwise mutilated tothe extent that it is impossible to keep them on the holding devices, thereby rendering their inspection difficult as Well as occasionally causing the the frame of loss of a tag. Further than this, tag-holding devices as heretofore provided for use on shoe racks usually have a shank whichis driven or screw-threaded into a portion of the rack. An objection to'such manner 'of securing a tag-holding device is that'the workmen in moving yracks fromone place to another commonly `grasp the holding device by the shank ,and bend it out o-f position, break it', or so loosen it in its socket that it isno longer effective for holding tags'.

In view'of the foregoing,`,an object'ofthe present invention is to provide an improved tag holder which, while retaining the advantages of tagholders heretoforeused, `will be o-f rugged construction, will render less likely mutilation of tags carried bythe holder, and at the same time will make it'possible for an operator readily to inspect the tag. To this end and as illustrated one feature of the invention consists in the provision of a novel tagl holder comprising a standard having tag-supporting means so constructed andarranged that a tag carried by `the device can be movedinto a positioniwhere ity can be readily inspected. l

Preferably, the tag-supporting means extends laterally from the upper end of the standard and .which the tag is loosely carried so that it` can be moved laterally for purposes of inspection without creasing or bending the tag to such an extent thatit is likely to be torn. Furthermore, bysupporting tags fin 'the manner set forth the standardidoes: notproject a great distanceabove the surfaceof its support, for example the upper surface ofthe frame of a shoe rack, withvthe resultithatit cannot be readily displaced As illustrated, the standard is held in position by meansof a sleeve having tapered portions which engage portions of the standard to'retain it the sleeve with the tag-supporting porti'onat apredetermined distance above the `surface of its support. i This construction permits turning ofthe standard further minimizing likelihood of `bending the in the sleeve, thus is herein shown as aneyeby standardor loosening it, Whilejat thesame time it provides for the llocation of the tag- .i metal rod,

supporting portion in various positions angularly to facilitate inspection of the tag.

These and other features of the invention will be understood from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is ak perspective view of a portion of a shoe rack embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a detailed view partially in section,.showing-the tag holderin position; and

`Fig. 3. is-.a perspective view of the tag holder with the parts separated..

Fig. 1 illustrates a portion of a shoerack comprising frame members v and a plurality of shoe-supportingl shelves 12. Secured to the upper portions of the frame members 1j0 is ahand-rail 14 which serves as a support for a tadr holder indicated generally by reference character 16. Y

y shown in Figs. 2 and 3, this tag holder comp-rises a h k 1,8 loosely carried by a vertical 'standardQO which ispositioned in a slot 22 f in the 'hand-rail 14. The standard 20, which is formed from a comparatively heavy has at its. upper, end a laterally eX- tending eye 24 through which is passed a loop 26 vforming-the upper portion of the hook 18.

` The arrangement o f parts just described is snchthatthe l1 ok 18 is so carried by the eye 24' that itis practically Vuniversally mounted with the result that ak tag or ticket carried upon'the hoolv can be turned' in any direction for insptOnpurposes without the necessity ofremofving the tag fromfthe hook and' without any likelihood of tearing the tag. Pref.- erably the lateral extent ofthe eye 24 relatively to the width ofthe hand-rail 14 is such that, when in the position showin in Figs. 1 and 2, the body portion of thehook 18 extends beyond the hand-rail 1,4' so that a tagcarried by the hook will hang clear-of the rack. It should be; noted that the hook 18 is turned inwardly toward the standard 20 thereby to lessen the possibility of pulling the tag olif the hook ifthe hole in the tag is large and to avoid the danger of catching the clothes of the operator.

As shown, the-standard 20 ispositioned in the hand-rail lbymeans 0f a Split sleeve 28 of spring metal driven intofthe slot- 22. The sleeve QSfhas'taperedi end portions 310 which engage with a flattened projecting portion 32ofthe standard 20 to support the standard with the-eye 24 spaced by a predetermined 1 distance fromthe upper surface of the handrail 14, but at thesame time to permit rotation. off the standard. about its vertical axis. The end@ of thestandard is provided with a iattenedf projecting pertion 34:0f such width that it; can .be orced-pasttheendportions 3.0 of the-springsleeve, 28. upon insertion of the Standard-in the. Sleeve but which Willoperate 'to-prevent easy withdrawal of the standard from the sleeve. This constructiony is ad- IXWgAQQES 1n ,that it. provides a rugged Sup- Y ard in position.

port for the hook 18 which will maintain the hook in the position desired in spite of the rough usage to which shoe racks are subjected.

In the use of the device a tag or ticket is placed upon the hook 18 with the printed side of the tag facing outwardy, erator desires to inspect the tag he graps it and turns it toward him, the hoo-k 18 sliding laterally along theeye 24, thus making it possible for the operator readily tol inspecty the tag from a position at either side or the end of the rack.

Having described thev invention, what I claimY as new and desire to secure by Letters s Patent of the United States is z-f s I 1. A tagr holder comprising a'springfsleeve having a tapered end portion, and a 'standard positioned in the sleeve and havinga projection for (2o-operating with the tapered end portion of the sleeve f 2. A ta gholder comprising a taperedA sleeve, a standard positioned in the sleeve and having at one end tag-supporting means, anda pro- A,

jectionV upon the standard for engaging the sleeve to hold the standard with the tag-supporting means in predetermined position heightwise ofthe sleeve. y i

3. A tag holder comprising a Vsleeve having a tapered endvportiom'a standard one end of which is rotatably mounted in the sleeve and having at its other end a laterally extending eye, a projection on. the standard co-operable withA the tapered portion of the sleeve normaliy to retain the eyein predetermined position lieightwise of the sleeve, and a'second projection onrthe standard Aco-operable with the end portion kofthe sleeve for retaining the standard in the sleeve. l

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

l HARVEY L. GLlDDEN.

When an opor retaining the stand- 

